Hammett
19821h 38m6.2
Drama, Thriller
- Runtime
- 1h 38m
- Genre
- Drama
- Certificate
- PG
- Origin
- United States of America
About
He created "The Maltese Falcon," "Sam Spade" and "The Thin Man." But he didn't write this mystery thriller...he lived it.
Chinatown, San Francisco, 1928. Former private detective Dashiell Hammett, a compulsive drinker with tuberculosis who writes pulp fiction for a living, receives an unexpected visit from an old friend asking for help.
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Details
- Director
- Wim Wenders
- Writing
- Dennis O'Flaherty, Ross Thomas
- Status
- Released
- Released
- Jun 9, 1982
- Studio
- American Zoetrope
Cast
Frederic Forrest
Hammett
Peter Boyle
Jimmy Ryan
Marilu Henner
Kit Conger / Sue Alabama
Roy Kinnear
English Eddie Hagedorn
Lydia Lei
Crystal Ling
Elisha Cook Jr.
Eli the Taxi Driver
David Patrick Kelly
The Punk
R.G. Armstrong
Lt. O'Mara
Richard Bradford
Detective Bradford
Jack Nance
Gary Salt
Michael Chow
Fong Wei Tau
Sylvia Sidney
Donaldina Cameron
Elmer Kline
Doc Fallon
Royal Dano
Pops
Samuel Fuller
Old Man in Pool Hall
Lloyd Kino
Barber
Fox Harris
Frank the News Vendor
Rose Wong
Chinese Laundress
Liz Roberson
Lady in the Library
Jean-François Ferreol
French Sailor
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